Motaung last played for Ea Lla Koto before hanging up his boots and moving to the Frontier Inn Casino and Hotel in Bethlehem.
According to Motaung's mother, Josphina, her son never really recovered after being involved in a motor accident in 2007.
"After that accident I urged him to go to the doctor but he was not interested. He did not want to accept that he was sick.
"On Friday, he came home early saying that he was not feeling well. He looked better the following morning, so it was a shock when we lost him on Sunday," she says.
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